In other words, Russia has changed as a state, nation, and military power, followed by its fluctuating position in global politics and international relations. A Great Power state is economically powerful, although this is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for membership in the Great Power club (the cases of Japan or Germany are the best illustrations of this claim). [2] Edward Lucas, The New Cold War: Putin’s Russia and the Threat to the West, London‒New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008. [4] About world politics, see in [Jeffrey Haynes et al, World Politics, New York: Routledge, 2013]. [5] Richard W. Mansbach, Karsten L. Taylor, Introduction to Global Politics, Second Edition, London−New York: Routledge, 2012, 578.